“er indoors TM” and
the dogs came to bed about an hour after me. By the time Bailey had finished
licking my head and had settled I was wide awake, and I stayed that way. I gave
up trying to sleep and got up at half past four. I made toast and sparked up
Netflix.
“Parasyte
– The Grey” was probably a decent show when made, but like other
Korean shoes (Alice in Borderland, Squid Game…) it seems to have lost a
lot in translation. It was a shame that they had pretty much exactly the same
monster as the one that appeared in “Stranger Things”.
I won’t be watching the second episode.
I had a quick look at the Internet. There was an
interesting post on the Facebook page about sightings of large cats in
Kent. I'm sure I once saw one in Hawkhurst, and I often wonder if there's one
or two in Kings Wood (something put a deer carcass up a tree a few years
ago!). Was it one of those that made Morgan act so odd yesterday?
Apparently one of the leading lights of the local "spotting large cats"
fraternity had been asked to take part in a TV program... The filming has taken
place and having signed to agree to appear on the telly the chap wasn't happy.
He's had a screening of what will be broadcast and he claims that the TV show
wasn't about looking for big cats in Kent. It was about laughing at people with
unusual hobbies. The chap claimed that everything that he'd said to the cameras
had been taken entirely out of context to make him look silly.
I suppose that at first sight anyone claiming that
pumas and panthers run loose in Kent is going to seem to be a nutter... until
you actually see one yourself.
I Wordled from “early” to “legal” in
three goes, and got ready for work.
As I drove up the dual carriageway that once used to
be the motorway I couldn't help but notice what a complete waste of time and
money that "Operation Brock" nonsense is. There were two lanes
supposedly with a fifty miles per hour speed limit with foreign lorries still
trying to go at seventy, and the "Operation Brock" bit had
maybe two dozen lorries (and two cars) coming down it over the entire
fifteen miles.
As I drove the pundits on the radio were talking about
the film that has been made of the classic book
"The Odyssey". Apparently films are now being made with
cinemas in mind. It was claimed that making films for the screening apps has
all but done for the cinemas with attendances massively down on what they used
to be. Back in the day there was only three channels on the telly. My aunts
used to "go to the pictures" every Tuesday night regardless of
what was being shown. When we lived in Folkestone we used to go on a Monday
night. It was cheap, and warmer than our cold flat.
But these days I'm not interested in going to the
cinema. I'd rather watch a film in the comfort of my own house, be able to
pause or rewind it, and not have to put up with the Great Unwashed burping and
farting and fiddling on their phones. I'd rather not go to a cinema and sit
through endless adverts and pay more for one film than I'd pay for an entire
month of any of the streaming apps.
And there was talk of how Donald
Trump is banging on about election fraud in the 2020 Presidential election.
The general consensus is that he and his party are going to do incredibly badly
in the upcoming mid-term elections and he's getting his lame excuses ready.
I got to work and cracked on with the early shift. I'd
been asked to do an extra shift today, and bearing in mind the thirty-third
Rule of Acquisition (it never hurts to suck up to the boss) I
obliged. I'd only have walked round the woods with the dogs and dozed by the
pond if I hadn't gone in. I rather missed the walk round the woods, but just
lately it's been too hot to do anything much in the garden.
I did my bit in an air-conditioned laboratory
Doing the early shift was a result. I got out early (dur!).
I came home via Sainsburys as I was under orders to bring milk home. I also
brought home some bottles of beer, and raspberries and cream too.
I got home… and had a little doze before dinner.
Dinner was good. As we scoffed we watched more “The
Traitors USA”. I think I’ve finally figured out how that show could be a lot
better. The show needs people to be aware of subtle nuances in people’s
behaviour. However the contestants in the US version treat it as a popularity
contest.
I quite like watching how the so-called celebrities
are so quick to parade their stupidity and ignorance.
Is that wrong of me?
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